353, Lot: 130. Estimate $300. Sold for $1800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CIMMERIAN BOSPOROS, Pantikapaion. Circa 460-450 BC. AR Triobol (12.5mm, 2.24 g). Facing lion scalp / Stellate pattern in dotted square within incuse square. Frolova, frühe, Type VI, 204; Anokhin 1137 (Apollonia or Pantikapaion); MacDonald 9/1; HGC 7, 33 (all illustrating the Hermitage piece). EF, toned, some find patina on reverse. Very rare, only one example published (in the Hermitage), only two in CoinArchives.